The role of expertise research and human factors in capturing, explaining, and producing superior performance

Human Factors

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-432

  Charness, Neil ^a   Tuffiash, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIONS (STRUCTURAL); DESIGNING SYSTEMS; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; EXPERT PERFORMANCE; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN EXPERTISE; HUMAN FACTORS; HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS (HFE); HUMAN PERFORMANCE; IMPROVED METHODS; PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE; PROTOCOL ANALYSIS; SKILL ACQUISITION; SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE; TRAINING PROGRAMS;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CANNING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HEALTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MECHANISMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ERGONOMICS;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; AVIATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICINE; REVIEW; SKILL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESEARCH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 47749121011     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872008X312206     Document Type: Review

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